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Martin A. Hubbe  is a professor and Buckman Distinguished Scientist at North Carolina State University, teaching and conducting research related to the colloidal chemistry of cellulosic materials, with a particular focus on papermaking wet-end chemistry. He has been a member of TAPPI since 1987. He is a TAPPI Fellow and currently serves on Paper and Board Division’s Paper Additives Committee.   Marty chairs TAPPI’s “Introduction to Wet End Chemistry” short course and is the co-editor of “ Advances in Papermaking Chemistry Wet End Application Technologies ”, a book that helps engineers working within our industry to use papermaking additives more ...

Have you heard? Kraft Recovery Boilers, 3 rd Edition is now available from TAPPI Press! This much-anticipated edition brings together the previous work and research of the past 20 years into a single, integrated, coherent portrayal of recovery boiler technology. Order your copy today!  https://www.tappi.org/krb3

R. Duane Smith is a process manager-web handling and specialty winding at Davis-Standards, LLC, focusing on machine design and process development. Duane has been a member of TAPPI since 1977 and was named a TAPPI Fellow in 2011.   As a TAPPI member, Duane has served as Division Chair of TAPPI’s Finishing and Converting and PLACE Divisions, now the International Flexible Packaging and Extrusion Division, as well as chairing the division’s Winding and Awards Committees. He has also served as Conference and Technical Program Chair on several of TAPPI’s flexible packaging conferences and courses and participated as session chair for numerous ...

Scott Rosencrance   is a Senior Manager at Kemira. He currently leads the Marketing and Technical applications organization for Pulping and Defoaming in the America’s. Scott used his broad business and technical skills as part of a senior management team to create a new state of the art R&D center for Kemira in Atlanta. The center has successfully combined fundamental research and commercial applications expertise into a best in class innovative product development facility. He has served as an adjunct assistant professor for the University of Minnesota’s Department of Bioscience Engineering, the Chemistry Advisory Board for Fairmont State University ...

AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT Barry Morris has 30 years of experience in the packaging industry, holding a variety of application development, R&D and new business development roles in DuPont's Ethylene Copolymer business. On April 1st he will become part of the new DOW company as DOW spins off from DOWDUPONT. He first became a member of TAPPI almost 30 years ago. He is the recipient of the International Flexible Packaging and Extrusion Division’s Technical Award and serves on the Division’s Products and Resources Team. Barry is a contributing author of several chapters in the new fifth edition of the “Extrusion Coating Manual” as well as the upcoming third ...

Robert J. Moon has been with USDA Forest Services for 14 years as a Materials Research Engineer concentrating in Cellulose Nanomaterials and engaging the international community of Universities, Research Institutions, and the industry in advancing research, development and deployment of Cellulose Nanomaterials. He has been a TAPPI member for more than 13 years and has served on several of the Nanotechnology Division’s committees. Robert is the current Chair of the Nanotechnology Division Council and a member on the Division’s Steering Committee, Technical Program Committee, Awards Committee, Research Committee, End-users/Products/ Applications Committee, ...

One of the coolest things about this community is seeing you make connections with one another--it's incredible to watch relationships begin, grow, and change. Our community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. I feel like it's time that we (both new members and established ones) take a little time to introduce ourselves. Share your name: Where you're from: How long you've been a TAPPI Member: How you take your coffee: Your favorite song to dance to:    I'll kick us off: I'm Kristin, the community manager of TAPPI Connect, stationed mostly in humid Valdosta, GA and partly at TAPPI HQ in sunny ...

We’ve all had a moment of staring at a blank Word doc feeling overwhelmed and quite honestly, hopeless. It’s writers’ block stealing your confidence.   Peter A. Snyder , National Accounts Manager at HarperLove and contributing author to numerous Corrugated publications advises us to simply “get started”. Peter is a well-established writer and professional in the Corrugated industry. He has been with HarperLove for 39 years and a member of TAPPI for more than 30 years and recipient of 2016 Corrugated Lifetime Achievement Award. Pete has submitted work in HarperLove Quarterly Bulletin, “ Corrugated Adhesives Preparation ” (TAPPI Press), Board Converting ...

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Where are we? Status of the corrugated industry with an emphasis on converter

Dear all, I would first like to introduce myself. My name is Mónica López Lorenzo, and my background is chemical Engineering. I have worked in paper related subjects for over 17 years now, being my last appointment related to high end paper business development. The reason why I am approaching you is the following: to finish up one of our papers we would like using a very specific calender. Our experience is limited to only laboratory calenders and we are on a search for a 36" wide calender. It should be Steel/steel heated configuration up to 180C. Could someone tell me if such a calender exists?temperature is very important in this case. Thanks in advance for ...

To the Committee: I thought I would post this document to start a conversation regarding encouraging more participation in this most worthwhile effort.  I invite any and all to comment on or make suggestions to improve the understanding of this committee's existence and role in TAPPI. Mill Workforce Development Committee Mission The mission of this committee is to foster a broader understanding of the workforce development issues facing most Mills in the Pulp & Paper Industry in North America and by extension the Industry as a whole. These issues include employee selection, onboarding, training, and leadership development.  Additionally, we will ...

To the Committee: I thought I would post this document to start a conversation regarding encouraging more participation in this most worthwhile effort. I invite any and all to comment on or make suggestions to improve the understanding of this committee's existence and role in TAPPI. Mill Workforce Development Committee Mission The mission of this committee is to foster a broader understanding of the workforce development issues facing most Mills in the Pulp & Paper Industry in North America and by extension the Industry as a whole. These issues include employee selection, onboarding, training, and leadership development. Additionally, we will ...